Course in a Nutshell

This intensive three-day tutorial will help those familiar with 2G wireless technologies migrate to 3G systems. The course begins with a review of the digital modulation techniques, radio propagation characteristics, and performance improvement techniques. This is followed by a comprehensive discussion of the system building blocks and various system operating scenarios for both the CDMA2000 and WCDMA systems. The course concludes with a study of link budget and system capacity examples.

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We can tailor this course to suit the needs of audiences such as hardware designers, application developers, service designers, sales engineers, marketing/sales personnel, radio planners, and persons involved in defense and homeland security endeavors. Those looking for a more in-depth treatment of 3G technologies should consider the 5-day version of this course listed under Related Courses.

Audience / Prerequisites

Aimed At

This course is aimed at technical professionals who are familiar with 2G wireless technologies such as GSM or CDMA and wish to study the 3G technologies, WCDMA and CDMA2000.

Prerequisites

"Excellent instructor, great at making useful analogies which help in understanding. Great way of approaching new topics. The participant handbook is very useful. It greatly increased my understanding of the subject. Great job! I appreciate the opportunity to learn." – Engineer, US National Laboratory

"Great course! Instructor able to talk in-depth about CDMA. Broke the info down to an understandable level. Course book can be a standalone resource to continue to study CDMA technologies." – US Department of Defense

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"Best class I’ve had since joining the industry in 1992. Very thorough. Instructor has excellent knowledge base, great teacher, very amiable. Course book well done with good content and illustrations/graphics. Thank you for the great course and spreadsheets."

“Best class I’ve had since joining the industry in 1992. Very thorough. Instructor has excellent knowledge base, great teacher, very amiable. Course book well done with good content and illustrations/graphics. Thank you for the great course and spreadsheets.”

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